Steering Rod Help..

[frustratedboater]

Attached is a picture of my steering rod (or whatever the name). I removed a Baystar hydraulic steering, but decided to use my friends current steering system (Teleflex mechanical). I am having trouble installing the shift rod using the current hardware. Am I missing something? The rod doesn't line up and there isn't any room to mount above. Do I need to change to a different rod?

 

[alldodge]

Attached is a picture of my steering rod (or whatever the name). I removed a Baystar hydraulic steering, but decided to use my friends current steering system (Teleflex mechanical). I am having trouble installing the shift rod using the current hardware. Am I missing something? The rod doesn't line up and there isn't any room to mount above. Do I need to change to a different rod?

Depending on the HP of your motor you may need hydraulic steering or at least dual cable.

But :focus: and your question. Each motor has a different height from the steering ram, you need a different height rod to match your motor

 

[frustratedboater]

Hey, I appreciate the reply. Mercury 115hp, inline-4cyl. This is mounted on a small boat (16 ft.) which came from my 19' Wahoo. I was hoping not to change over to hydraulic steering in his boat. i have the baystar system, but would need to change out the helm. I didn't see any used one available... I'm trying to save him a few bucks.

 

[bonz_d]

Link rod mismatched to the engine and it should attach from the bottom. The rod should be parallel to the ram in the tilt tube.

 

[frustratedboater]

After looking at others, I believe that I do have the wrong rod for my application. Thanks..